Overview
The newest play from the remarkable young Irish playwright.
Full Product Details
Author: Conor McPherson
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
Imprint: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 13.40cm
, Height: 0.70cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.141kg
ISBN: 9781559361859
ISBN 10: 1559361859
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 20 April 2000
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Author Information
Conor McPherson is a playwright, screenwriter and director. His plays include: Rum and Vodka (Fly by Night Theatre Co., Dublin); The Good Thief (Dublin Theatre Festival; Stewart Parker Award); This Lime Tree Bower (Fly by Night Theatre Co. and Bush Theatre, London; Meyer-Whitworth Award); St. Nicholas (Bush Theatre and Primary Stages, New York); The Weir (Royal Court, London, Duke of York's, West End and Walter Kerr Theatre, New York; Laurence Olivier, Evening Standard, Critics' Circle, George Devine Awards); Dublin Carol (Royal Court and Atlantic Theater, New York); Port Authority (Ambassadors Theatre, West End, Gate Theatre, Dublin and Atlantic Theater, New York); Shining City (Royal Court, Gate Theatre, Dublin and Manhattan Theatre Club, New York; Tony Award nomination for Best Play); The Seafarer (National Theatre, London, Abbey Theatre, Dublin and Booth Theater, New York; Laurence Olivier, Evening Standard, Tony Award nominations for Best Play); The Veil (National Theatre); The Night Alive (Donmar Warehouse, London and Atlantic Theater, New York); Girl from the North Country (Old Vic, London), and The Brightening Air (Old Vic, London, 2025). Theatre adaptations include Daphne du Maurier's The Birds (Gate Theatre, Dublin and Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis), August Strindberg's The Dance of Death (Donmar at Trafalgar Studios), Franz Xaver Kroetz's The Nest (Young Vic, London), Chekhov's Uncle Vanya (West End, 2020), and Pawe Pawlikowski's Cold War (Almeida Theatre, 2023). His work for the screen includes the films I Went Down, Saltwater, Samuel Beckett's Endgame, The Actors, The Eclipse, and Strangers, as wel as a BBC adaptation of John Banville's Elegy for April, and the original television drama Paula for BBC2. Awards for his screenwriting include three Best Screenplay Awards from the Irish Film and Television Academy; Spanish Cinema Writers Circle Best Screenplay Award; the CICAE Award for Best Film Berlin Film festival; Jury Prize San Sebastian Film Festival; and the Melies d'Argent Award for Best European Film.
